caau1鈔钞
Jyutpingcaau1
Yalechāau
Definition
Paper currency or banknotes.
colloquialmoney
How it's used
While 鈔 refers specifically to paper currency, it is rarely used as a standalone noun in casual speech. It usually appears as a bound morpheme in compound words like 鈔票 or when referring to specific types of notes. Most speakers prefer using 錢 or 紙幣 for general money matters.
Examples
Do you still have any large denomination notes in your wallet?
He took a stack of banknotes to the bank to make a deposit.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 抄, which means to copy or transcribe. They share the same sound, but the radical on the left is different.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
